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Fountain Paint Pot and Firehole Lake Drive

Plopping mud pots and small geysers on a short loop, and an easy one-way drive past Great Fountain Geyser.

Official Website
Photo: N.H. Darton · Public domain
Open
Weather and roadwork can close roads; check the park's site
Price
Park entrance fee
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Between Madison and Old Faithful.

Why Go

It's one of the few places with all four kinds of thermal features on a single walk: geysers, hot springs, fumaroles and mud pots.

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